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. >> reporter: chuck hagel the horrors of war first hand. at 21, a poor kid from nebraska, he volunteered to go to vietnam, fighting side by side with his 19-year-old brother tom. he got two purple hearts. one when shrapnel ripped open his chest and his brother dragged him to safety and another a month later when hagel himself on fire from a landmine rescued his brother. >> i was on the left side when the major blast came up and i was burned up and down the left side of my body. i grabbed tom first and he was out and he had blood coming out of his ears and nose and you don't have time to think about is he dead or alive. >> reporter: but critics are not focusing on hagel's military service. while serving as a republican senator he angered some in his own party for not backing the troop surge in iraq. not supporting unilateral sanctions against iran on what some on the hill perceive as a lack of sutoff you por sutoff . >> reporter: hagel and the white house say these are misperceptions with hagel telling his hometown paper today he has unequiv
. >> reporter: chuck hagel the horrors of war first hand. at 21, a poor kid from nebraska, he volunteered to go to vietnam, fighting side by side with his 19-year-old brother tom. he got two purple hearts. one when shrapnel ripped open his chest and his brother dragged him to safety and another a month later when hagel himself on fire from a landmine rescued his brother. >> i was on the left side when the major blast came up and i was burned up and down the left side of my body. i...
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he has chosen chuck hagel as secretary of defense. he would be a controversial pick. he advocates negotiating with iran and some have questioned how strongly he supports israel. one pro israel group is running an ad against hagel. >> even the top senate republican says she reservation judgment. >> i'm going wait and see how the hearings go and see whether chuck's view square with the job he would be nominated to do. >> some democrats are speaking up for him. >> chuck hagel is a tremendous patriot and statesman, served incredibly in vietnam, served in this country as united states senator. >> and president obama is about to lose his treasury-secretary. tim geithner is the last original member of his economic team. he leaves as three major deadlines loom. by the end of february the treasury will lose the power to pay america's's bills and across the board cuts kick in march 1st and the government will run out of all control fund buying the end of march. jack lew is expected to inherited those headaches and president obama has promised quick action on joe biden's proposa
he has chosen chuck hagel as secretary of defense. he would be a controversial pick. he advocates negotiating with iran and some have questioned how strongly he supports israel. one pro israel group is running an ad against hagel. >> even the top senate republican says she reservation judgment. >> i'm going wait and see how the hearings go and see whether chuck's view square with the job he would be nominated to do. >> some democrats are speaking up for him. >> chuck...
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>>reporter: hagel service praised. >> i admire your service to your country. >>reporter: but criticized soft on iran and too tough on israel. at one point criticizing what you he called the jewish lobby. today he tack the xent back. >> i should have used another term and i'm sorry. i regret it. >>reporter: hagel seemed confused about iran that he called an elected legitimate government misstating the president position on pursuit of nuclear weechlt he will be confirmed but the supporters acknowledge he didn't have a particularly strong performance at the confirmation hearing. at one point telling the committee that he needs to learn more about the pentagon saying quote if confirmed i intend to know a lot more than i do. jonathan karl, abc news the white house. >> we have update coming into the newsroom about that accident at mexico state oil facility. 25 people are now dead few minutes ago we had the number at 14. now 4525. still roughly 100 injured after explosion and fire there in mexico city. >> california taxpayers are on the hook. you and me tonight for b
>>reporter: hagel service praised. >> i admire your service to your country. >>reporter: but criticized soft on iran and too tough on israel. at one point criticizing what you he called the jewish lobby. today he tack the xent back. >> i should have used another term and i'm sorry. i regret it. >>reporter: hagel seemed confused about iran that he called an elected legitimate government misstating the president position on pursuit of nuclear weechlt he will be...
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chuck hagel has necessary votes to be the next secretary of defense. vote ending the bitter fight over the president cabinet choice is expected some time next week. and if you have been with us last night you may have seep my reports from washington where i had the chance to speak with president obama. during my bay area exclusive one-on-one interview. well tonight for the first time in week the president is now reaching out to the republican about the automatic spending cut that will kick in next week. he plays -- placed phone calls to boehner and mckonl. we don't have details on the conversations but the president made it clear to me yesterday that the looming cuts will derail the plans for moving the economy forward. >> now in the state of the union mr. president you praised our troops. and said that they had exceeded expectations. while some of our institutions had let them down. which institutions congress one of this i think all of us take responsibility for thinking about the same patriotism, dut duty, selfless ness, responsibility that we see o
chuck hagel has necessary votes to be the next secretary of defense. vote ending the bitter fight over the president cabinet choice is expected some time next week. and if you have been with us last night you may have seep my reports from washington where i had the chance to speak with president obama. during my bay area exclusive one-on-one interview. well tonight for the first time in week the president is now reaching out to the republican about the automatic spending cut that will kick in...
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hagel is cancelling the creation of the medal. >> federal aviation administration says a faulty part on more than 1,000 boeing 737 could cause pilot to lose control of the plane. faa now othered airlines to inspect the pin that attach the horizontal stabilizer to the fuselage. agency is concerned that coating the protects the pin from corrosion was not applied properly. investigation will focus on 737 in service in 1998 or later. it's not expected to affect airline schedules. >> unbelievable here. daring prison break now put career criminal in france on enter poll most wanted list. he was jailed in 2010 for killing of police officer. this weekend he used explosive hidden inside tissue pack tote blast open 5 separate prison doors like you see in this graphic. he also took 4 warden hostage but released one just before the prison just outside the prison before driving off with the other in get away car then rae leased another guard several hundred yards from the prison and final 2 on a stretch of highway and then he took off. he then torched his get away car before escaping into another
hagel is cancelling the creation of the medal. >> federal aviation administration says a faulty part on more than 1,000 boeing 737 could cause pilot to lose control of the plane. faa now othered airlines to inspect the pin that attach the horizontal stabilizer to the fuselage. agency is concerned that coating the protects the pin from corrosion was not applied properly. investigation will focus on 737 in service in 1998 or later. it's not expected to affect airline schedules. >>...
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upon hearing the news, defense secretary chuck hagel ordered all is services back to the drawing board to retrain and rethousands of sexual assault and prevention personnel in what is a staggering problem for the military. >> he broke in through my bathroom and raped me. >> there have been decades of promises. >> we have zero he tolerance. >> we will not put up with such harassment. >> i have zero tolerance. >> we have no tolerance for any form of sexual assault. >> reporter: and countless hours of military training and messaging already some serious. >> sexual assault is a crime. >> some seemingly absurd. >> for example, the air force is handing out this hand shaped hand sanitizer that says keep your hands to yourself or the little foot ball that says don't fumble, get consent. >> in the end, the training is not going to do the trick. we aren't convicting. we aren't prosecuting. and we aren't kicking people out. >> reporter: indeed the number of cases of unwanted sexual contact in the mill tare record-setting has soared 35% in just the past two years making this a problem say critics
upon hearing the news, defense secretary chuck hagel ordered all is services back to the drawing board to retrain and rethousands of sexual assault and prevention personnel in what is a staggering problem for the military. >> he broke in through my bathroom and raped me. >> there have been decades of promises. >> we have zero he tolerance. >> we will not put up with such harassment. >> i have zero tolerance. >> we have no tolerance for any form of sexual...
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. >>> fair storm of protest from veteran groups and lawmakers defense secretary hagel is stopping production of new medal for pilots of unmanned drones. former defense secretary panetta ordered the distinguished war fare medal last month but critic say it shouldn't be ranked above the bronze star and purple heart to service members who fight under fire on the front lines. this was the first newcomb battery lited award since world war ii. defense officials said the ranking of new medal recognized the changing nature of war fare. pentagon is now conduct the ago review of all of this. decision is expected in 30 days time. >> a warning tonight about very popular antibiotics. fda says it could lead to sudden death for some people with certain heart conditions. chief medical editor richard vesser has the story. >> it's prescribed nearly 60 million times a year to treat common infections. ear note throat chest. so popular people ask for it by name. do you ever have a patient come in with a cold or flu who says dock, give me z pack. >> we have that all the time. >>reporter: the warning for some pati
. >>> fair storm of protest from veteran groups and lawmakers defense secretary hagel is stopping production of new medal for pilots of unmanned drones. former defense secretary panetta ordered the distinguished war fare medal last month but critic say it shouldn't be ranked above the bronze star and purple heart to service members who fight under fire on the front lines. this was the first newcomb battery lited award since world war ii. defense officials said the ranking of new medal...
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reporter: the violence cast a very big shadow on the first visit of the new secretary of defense chuck hagel as did the stunning comments from afghan president karzai karzai claim that the u.s. and taliban were in effect working together to destabilize his country. an cushion that outraged many in the u.s. and shows that transitioning out of afghanistan is no easy task. martha, abc news, washington. >> navy plane crashed east of spokane, washington today killing all 3 crew members on board. aerial view of the crash site show as largely creator in farm field surrounded by blacken vegetation. one man heard the crash. >> he heard a boom. shook the house pretty hard. saw a lot of debris crossing the field. it was a lot of debris. lots of it. >>reporter: the plane was on a training mission. crew was flying an ea 6 b prowler when this happened. >> susan rice u.s. ambassador to the united nations reportedly the top choice to become the president's national security advisor later this year. it is a great achievement if it happens for rice. she was forced to withdraw her name from consideration for t
reporter: the violence cast a very big shadow on the first visit of the new secretary of defense chuck hagel as did the stunning comments from afghan president karzai karzai claim that the u.s. and taliban were in effect working together to destabilize his country. an cushion that outraged many in the u.s. and shows that transitioning out of afghanistan is no easy task. martha, abc news, washington. >> navy plane crashed east of spokane, washington today killing all 3 crew members on...
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. >> and subject of jobs former senator chuck hagel of nebraska likely to be nominated at secretary of state next week after obama returns from vacation in hawaii according to the wall street journal. >> white house released picture of president obama as he was being briefed about the shootings in newtown, connecticut right after it happened last month. as you can see mr. obama appears to be very somber as he spoke with deputy national security advisor john brennan about this. president later said during a television interview that was quote the worst day of his presidency. >> another point an moment captured by the white house president obama present add purple heart hours after he was hit by aneurysm ed in afghanistan. improvised explosive did he advice. haig seems to be asleep or unconscious. president white period and with eyes still closed sergeant haig as you see here reached his hand out to shake with the president. very dramatic. >> controversial new movie open today's about the hunt for osama bin laden. senate intelligence committee wants answers about the making of zero dark
. >> and subject of jobs former senator chuck hagel of nebraska likely to be nominated at secretary of state next week after obama returns from vacation in hawaii according to the wall street journal. >> white house released picture of president obama as he was being briefed about the shootings in newtown, connecticut right after it happened last month. as you can see mr. obama appears to be very somber as he spoke with deputy national security advisor john brennan about this....